Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: ivorthediver on October 01, 2021, 02:28:16 pm
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Having been bitten by the sailing vessel bug , do any of the member's know of any suppliers of GRP hulls for the above type of vessel pl[size=78%]ease ?[/size]
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[/size][size=78%]Why GRP......? well it would present a better hull form for what I am keen to do [ [/size][/size]Brigantine or Frigate ] but open to any ideas at this stage ....[size=78%]
[/size]So far I have completed two sailing R/C models which have turned out very well and exceeded my expectations ,but the last [ "Sea Witch" ] which was a Grand Banks Schooner to which I added two topsails to has me yearning to try a three masted vessel before I shuffle off this mortal coil [size=78%] :-))
If I had the confidence to build the hull myself I would be tempted to try but alas I know my limitations , and the Schooner confirmed this to me again being a Sarik GRP hull , but try as I may I haven't found one yet but be glad of any suggestions you may know of please
I have tried to post a photo of Sea Witch without success on a few occasions but they are to big a photo and not knowing how to reduce them remain unsuccessful
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I don't know of anybody who has invested in producing such hulls. Very much a minority interest and unlikely to see a return on the time and money.
As to resizing pictures , there's a whole thread here - https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,61103.0.html
A much discussed subject that boils down (at least with Windows) to opening the image with a preferred program, finding the "resize" function, telling it what size is wanted, and saving it with a new name.
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Hello Ivorthedivor,
Re. pictures: You have pics on thercmodelboatforum.com so just link them here if you're strugglig with simple uploads on here? Or post links to your other builds on there? I can't find them now but I know you posted pictures out there. They loked good!?
Rich
PS: Is this what you were trying to show?
https://www.thercmodelboatforum.com/t2168-grand-banks-schooner (https://www.thercmodelboatforum.com/t2168-grand-banks-schooner)
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f74/20/34/66/21/5497b110.jpg)
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Thank you both for your responses to my question , but my operating system is Apple , and no mater how I try it won't ware it' .
The picture Rich displayed had been put on by another which I used as an example to the boat being built at the time by me which ended up as a "Top sail Schooner" which was the instigator of my question to find hulls of 17-18th century Brig / frigate hulls , but thank you for your good intentions lads :-)
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This is mine that has actually sailed - still have not put Victory into the water other than a test tank which I dont count
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Supereb models , and beautifully finished , I doff my hat to you Warspite :-)) ., If you look at thercmodelboat forum mine can be viewed there, as I have no problem in posting on that web or others , just this one it seems :o
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The only fiberglass hulls for that era of ship were produced by an US American company SC&H, Steel, Chapman and Hutchinson.
They produced, I think, three hulls, and kit for the Surprise, the Grasshopper, and I think one other.
Unfortunately, they are long out of production.
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A couple of things
1 - they are not GRP
2 - they are at 1:180 scale {-)
3 - its a bit of a cheat as they are the plastic kit from Airfix
Thanks for the comment but they are 17th / 18th century RN ships but designed for RC, though you could say that about the Matchbox Corvette or some of Deans mini patrol boats and lifeboat, I even have the Airfix vosper 73 ft and German S boat in RC and new kits to try and RC again.
Is it not possible to fudge one up, i.e. take a yacht and increase the freeboard, plating the outside to look like planks etc, with a new internal timber structure to support the new upper works?
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Thank you both for your responses to my question , but my operating system is Apple , and no mater how I try it won't ware it' .
The picture Rich displayed had been put on by another which I used as an example to the boat being built at the time by me which ended up as a "Top sail Schooner" which was the instigator of my question to find hulls of 17-18th century Brig / frigate hulls , but thank you for your good intentions lads :-)
Even on an Apple product, it is possible to scroll down the screen as far as post#7,
Photo resizing for Apple products
Photo resizing on an iPhone/iPad (by emailing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq8MYjS45mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALxEYl5X_y0
Photo resizing on a Mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h305Nsx3Pqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTPXrFCe8cI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gavmkmp_9E